Call starts Tuesday morning, so halfway through the 168 hours of consecutive availability is Friday at 8 pm. That is downright depressing from this vantage point, but unfortunately that is the math. I will…
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Here comes the usual pep talk: I can do this It’s just 7 days I will be kind to myself Every time I get an EpicChat is an opportunity to work on my reaction…
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WOW – SO MANY amazing book recs! I will work on finalizing my own 2022 Reading Inspiration List (less prescriptive than a TBR, but lots of ideas to draw from). I greatly appreciate so…
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Listening: Enjoying: having Josh as primary parent this weekend!!! Yesterday was not terrible but I still fielded several calls and had to go in to discharge a patient (kid was happy to get out…
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We got PCR tests for the kids yesterday: NEGATIVE x 3! All 3 have coughs now. But I guess it is something else: RSV, metapneumovirus, rhinovirus, a non-covid coronavirus (remember those? they still exist!),…
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Our BeeperMD tester did not show yesterday afternoon. This was the second time this happened and I fear they have just . . . given up? (BUT THEN WHY DOES THE SITE STILL SHOW…
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R O L L E R C O A S T E R Well. My plan is not working out very well. Annabel woke up yesterday with a sore throat + cough, and we…
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And so it begins . . . My call week starts today. I am going to try my best to not flail out into a stress spiral. Quite honestly, It’s going to be challenging.…
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Josh and I are both working winter break this year. I am on call for Christmas week – Dec 21 – 27. He is on call for most of New Years’ week, including New…
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I am giving a big presentation today for work entitled “Cultivating resiliency as leaders in medicine” as part of a day-long internal leadership retreat. Something like 200-300 physicians and administrators within our healthcare system…